What’s holding you back from reaching your goals?

Hey POPsters!

Today I asked you on facebook what you thought was holding you back from reaching your goals and you guys knew EXACTLY what it was. I was very happy to see the community open up – you guys were honest and genuine with yourselves. I am very proud of you.

You see, the first step in achieving your dreams is acknowledging you weaknesses. You need to identify it and own up to it. Sometimes, it is really hard to do this because we all think we’re fine just the way we are, and we all choose to settle in one way or another. But settling…and being semi-happy with yourself just aint gonna cut it. Not for me at least.

If you want the body of your dreams, if you want to be sitting in that boss chair one day, if you wanna be driving that nice hardtop convertible in 3 years…you’ve got to fight for it. And it isn’t going to be easy, but let me tell you, if you put in the time, if you put in the effort, the heart, the dedication, the undying passion to move forward…the journey makes you stronger, it develops your character, and YOU WILL GET THERE. I promise you. YOU WILL GET THERE. It is possible. Always always always.

Life just works that way.

So if you haven’t shared your weaknesses with the Blogilates Community yet (you can read your fellow POPsters comments here), then please tell me right here in the comments below! I want you to be honest with yourself and share with the world…with the universe…what you know you need to attack! Don’t make it hard on yourself. Just tell me what the problem is, in the next exercise, we will come up with a way to deal with it!

Good luck and can’t wait to read your answers :)

<3 Cassey

PS – Are you guys ok if we start the Vegan Challenge on Monday? Also, Nicky says that we should do it for 2 weeks to see a dramatic change in the way we feel and look. He wrote me an email today and said that if done correctly, some people may lose up to 10 lbs or even more. I am not looking to lose more weight or anything (you guys know I just recently did for my bikini comp) but I am looking to explore the different diets that are out there. I just finished a high protein diet so I feel like I need to flush my system a bit. I am excited to be eating fruits, nuts, veggies, tofu, and grains! Yippee!!

Anyway, I will make it optional for you guys to choose 1 or 2 weeks, but I am going for 2. Let me know also if you’re ok starting on Monday. To go vegan, you just need to cut all meat, fish, dairy, and eggs. We will have a meal plan so I can ensure that you’re getting the right nutrients and complete proteins that you need.

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Working out with Valerie Waters

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Hey POPsters!!!! It is a lovely Wednesday morning here in Santa Monica! I just wrapped up a super fun shoot with Valerie Waters and Livestrongwoman yesterday at a super fab private residence here in the hills.

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I am REALLY impressed with how much attention and care people are now giving YouTube. I mean, the time, effort, and money put into short less-than-10-min-videos on YouTube is phenomenal. When I film I just set up the tripod and go! If I mess up or say something, oh well, it’s still going up! Haha. Nothing an apologetic annotation can’t take care of :)

I had such a great time working out with Valerie Waters. She’s super cute and nice! She trains the Hollywood celebs (wow) and I really COULD NOT believe I was sliding around on the floor with her! We did an ab workout video using her Valslides (much like gliding discs but can be used on carpet) which will be featured on her YouTube show The A-List Look. Then we did a mini ab challenge for BlogilatesTV! I can’t wait to show all of the vids to you! I think you will like them very much. And they are filmed in movie quality style! Wowzers.

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Afterwards I was super duper hungry so I met up with a friend for vegan food!!!! Duhhhh. I love eating vegan when I travel. Thanks to everyone on facebook for helping me pick a restaurant! I ended up going to Real Food Daily and it was awesome. I have 1 or 2 more meals today so I will def need to check out your other recommendations. We had the table upstairs and I thought it was extra fab because I could look down at the desserts and the smoothie bar.

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We started out with the sea cake. It was my favorite dish of the night by far. Anyone know how to make this?

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Vegan Lasagna!

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Vegan super burrito!!!!! (Mine)

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Dessert. We decided to indulge so we got 2. GASP!!! Warm Apple and Apricot Crisp.

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Of course…vegan tofutti cheesecake! You can find my recipe for vegan cheesecake here.

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I was sooooo tired after the day that I fell right asleep after the delicious vegan feast. Oh and the Vegan Challenge is DEFINITELY HAPPENING!!!!! My fellow YouTrain buddy and trainer of the show Shedding for the Wedding, Nicky Holender will be writing us a special Vegan meal plan and I am STOKKKEEDDDD. I cannot wait to take it on! I’d love for you to do it with me even if t is just for a few days or even 1 day! Just try it. It will be good for you to switch up your diet. We’ll prob start in a week or 2 weeks.

I am so sad to be leaving LA today but hopefully I’ll be back again soon to do more stuff with other YouTubers and the awesome crew at Livestrongwoman.

Have a fabulous day…I am off to do a run on the beach. Get ready for calf soreness mania.

<3 Cassey

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